XLRI announces PGDM-BM admissions for Working Executives & Business Owners for 2015-18

XLRI - Xavier School of Management, one of India’s premier B-Schools today announces admission to the ‘Post-Graduate Diploma in Business Management (PGDM-BM) Program for Working Executives & Business Owners’ for the batch 2015 to 2018. The three year, part-time, evening programme, approved by AICTE, imparts the rigor of a full-time programme through 900 + hours of class room interaction.

Spreading over 3 academic years, the programme has been designed to accommodate working professionals to pursue the course without hindering their professional engagements. The class timings are scheduled during late evenings and weekends, thereby providing breaks in-between terms, and reducing academic work-load during financial year endings.

“The programme allows working professionals, who are willing to stretch out a bit, to acquire the highest quality management education while continuing with their current work. It has been exclusively designed to facilitate two-way learning; thus, while participating in the programme, the students can get many opportunities to apply the conceptual insights gained in the classroom to their respective workplace on a day-to-day basis,” said Fr. E Abraham S.J., Director of XLRI.

The Last date of receipt of application with payments is 28th February, 2015.

Candidates are to be selected through aptitude test on 22nd March, 2015. The test would include three sections comprising testing quantitative ability of students through mathematical concepts, logical reasoning and English language skills. The personal interviews are to be held from 10th to 20th April, 2015.

The classes are scheduled to commence from the 3rd week of May, 2015.

Candidates having three years Bachelors degree or equivalent in any discipline recognized by a University or a Deemed University and a minimum work experience of two years in supervisory/executive role in organizations or a business owner as on 30th April, 2015 are eligible to apply for this programme. Applicants are not required to take XAT or any common entrance examination for this programme; however, if the applicants have appeared in any of the well established, credible management entrance examination in the last two years, they are encouraged to send their scores along with the application.

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The 'Open House Meet' to be held with XLRI Programme Coordinator from 10.00 am to1.00pm on 20th August for participants to interact and learn more details about the XLRI-PGCGM Programme at St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.

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